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1st LD: DPRK top leader cancels planned visit to Russia

Xinhua, April 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un canceled his planned visit to Moscow for the Victory Day celebration on May 9, the Kremlin said Thursday.

"We were informed of the decision via diplomatic channels ... The leader cited interior affairs in his country as the reason for his absence," the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The spokesman denied allegations that the decision of the DPRK leader came after Moscow probably received warnings from some other countries against the presence of Kim in Moscow.

"That is certainly not the case," Peskov said. Endi